Tips & Tricks

TCP/IP Keep-Alive

Data Innovations’ (DI’s) Instrument Manager (IM) offers connectivity that enables integration with virtually any instrument, LIS, or EMR/EHR regardless of vendor or discipline. This is done through a channel between devices called Connections. Connections can be setup using transmission control protocol (TCP) or directly via a serial port and is...

How to Install Instrument Manager™ Core Software

NOTE These instructions apply for Data Innovations’ North American customers. If this is your first time installing IM, please contact Data Innovations Sales to acquire the appropriate license files. If you already have the appropriate license files and are installing the same version of IM a subsequent time, please follow these...

Evaluation Rules for Clinical Ranges Precaution

When building an Autoverification Rule Set it's common to include evaluation rules for Clinical Ranges. These rules typically set test reference ranges, abnormal flags, critical ranges, and critical flags for each test result according to your laboratory's established ranges. Many labs have established ranges for certain analytes which also take into...

Instrument Manager System Preventative Maintenance (volume 2)

This month's Tips & Tricks is the second installation of Preventative Maintenance recommendations intended to help you maintain a stable and operationally efficient Instrument Manager system. This month's version of Tips & Tricks includes more recommended practices which, if performed proactively, can help reduce the risk of unexpected operational interruptions,...

Network Installation of EP Evaluator®, Release 12.02

With the release of EP Evaluator 12, this Tips and Tricks will review the network installation/upgrade process.

INSTALLATION OF EP EVALUATOR RELEASE 12 FOR NETWORK INSTALLATION
Download the EP Evaluator (EE) installation Media from eedownload.datainnovations.com Choose where the installation will be on the network. This should be a shared folder which has...